Mike Festa

Get moving with AARP

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts It’s New Year’s resolutions time. Health resolutions are always popular. One of the easiest ways to be healthier...
Janice Lindsay writes about her 30 years as a newspaper columnist.

Peace. Love. Ukulele.

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer If more people played the ukulele, this old world might be a more peaceful place. When I decided to learn the...

10 things I have learned about managing care for someone else

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry...
Mike Festa

Fighting fraud in the holiday shopping season

By Mike Festa, AARP Massachusetts State Director  We may be in the holiday season, but for fraudsters it’s no time to take a holiday. In...
Janice Lindsay writes about her 30 years as a newspaper columnist.

Always one more (weird) thing

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer Is something awry in the atmosphere? Or is it me? First, the track pad on my new laptop quit.  I also use...
Mike Festa

Celebrating caregivers this month

Mike Festa, AARP Massachusetts State Director All across Massachusetts family caregivers give so much of themselves to care for their loved ones each and every...

Home is where the heart is

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.” –Japanese expression. When I was in my twenties, I worked as a Resident...
Janice Lindsay writes about her 30 years as a newspaper columnist.

Evil plastic thingies and other modern conveniences

By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer When faced with a major life crisis, most of us rally. We face it, figure out what to do, and...
Mike Festa

Thrifty Thursdays – AARP’s fall financial series

By Mike Festa, State Director AARP Massachusetts AARP is working to ensure you have a brighter and more secure financial future. We provide free tools...

Lean in

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “To anyone out there who’s hurting — it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help. It’s a sign of...